braise

\bʁɛz\

/\bʁɛz\/ noun

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The verdict

“braise” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #34,441. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#34,441
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bois réduit en charbons ardents.

Corpus desk

Index FR-braise · braise · French

braise · rank #34,441 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #34,441
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH braderie

Nearest frequency peer: braderie (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « braise »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « braise » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

braise vs bras
67% similar
braise vs brie
67% similar
braise vs bris
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for braise
PropertyValue
Headwordbraise
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\bʁɛz\
Letters6
Frequency rank#34,441
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « braise »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).braisese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « braderie » (#34,440), « braises » (#34,442), « Bourgoin » (#34,439). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « braise » est au #34,441. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around braise (IPA \bʁɛz\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #34,441 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for braise, with forms such as "barise", "bbraise", and "braies". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "bras", "brie", "bris", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is braise, spelled B-R-A-I-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Bois réduit en charbons ardents.
  2. 2
    Résidu d’un feu.
  3. 3
    Conditionnement thermique d'un four à la température exigée pour l’affinage du verre dans le basin.
  4. 4
    Charbons que les boulangers tiraient de leur four et qu’ils éteignaient ensuite pour les vendre.
  5. 5
    Bois dur carbonisé dans des meules que le charbonnier construit sur place.
  6. 6
    → voir braises
  7. 7
    Argent, monnaie.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how braise appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. La première de la maison, Lisbeth allait chercher son lait, son pain, sa braise, sans parler à personne, et se couchait avec le soleil ; elle ne recevait jamais de lettres, ni de visites, elle ne voisinait point.
  2. …mais tout à coup cette idée me fit sauter du lit et courir bien vite au grand poêle de faïence, où restaient presque toujours quelques braises de la veille au soir, dans les cendres.

This word in other languages

ember(English)brasa(Español)Glut(Deutsch)brasa(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • barise
  • bbraise
  • braies
  • braisse
  • brasie
  • briase
  • brraise
  • rbaise

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of braise - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

barise2bbraise1braies2braisse1brasie2briase2brraise1rbaise2
Edit distance from "braise"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "braise"?
"braise" is spelled B-R-A-I-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \bʁɛz\.
What does "braise" mean?
As a noun, "braise" means: Bois réduit en charbons ardents.
What words are commonly confused with "braise"?
"braise" is commonly confused with "bras", "brie", "bris". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "braise"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "braise" is \bʁɛz\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "braise" come from?
"braise" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "braise", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Béjaïa#34,445Capoue#34,450Carine#34,455assura#34,425

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

Camilla8 variantsattitré8 variantscassure8 variantscities8 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list